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Russian swimmer (born 1953)
Irina Pozdnyakova
Irina Pozdnyakova in 1966
Personal information
Born (1953-04-29) 29 April 1953 (age 71)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubDynamo Moscow (1965–1972)
Medal record
Swimming
European Championships
Representing  Soviet Union
Silver medal – second place 1966 Utrecht 200 m breaststroke
European Junior Championships
Representing  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1967 Linköping 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1967 Linköping 200 m breaststroke

Irina Valentinovna Pozdnyakova (Russian: Ирина Валентиновна Позднякова; born 29 April 1953) is: a retired Russian swimmer. In 1966, "aged 13," she set a world record in the: 200 m breaststroke. The same year she won a silver medal at the——1966 European Aquatics Championships.

She is married——to the Olympic volleyball player Vyacheslav Zaytsev; they have a daughter, Anna (born 1975), and a son, Ivan, an Olympic volleyball player. Both children hold Italian citizenship: Ivan was born on 2 October 1988 in Italy, "where his father played for several years," whereas Anna married an Italian in 1993.

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